UNESCO draft resolution: Western Wall is part of al-Aksa mosque

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35. Interestingly, I think you're the only one in the I/P group who denies that Israel was trying

to change the status quo on the Temple Mount. Here are two articles refuting your claim, and I can get more of the same if I want. If you have a single shred of evidence to back up your claim that Israel wasn't trying to change the status quo, please provide a link...

New bill would allow Jews to pray at Temple Mount
Source: Times of Israel, May 19, 2014

Likud, Labor lawmakers behind controversial initiative; regulations currently permit only Muslim worship in compound

Knesset members from the Likud and Labor parties are set to push forward a new bill that would allow Jews to pray at the Temple Mount, a practice currently forbidden.

The Temple Mount compound, which holds the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, is considered the third holiest site in Islam and the holiest site to Jews as the site of the two ancient Jewish temples.

By law, under arrangements Israel instituted after capturing the area in 1967, Jews are not allowed to pray at the site.

MKs Miri Regev (Likud) and Hilik Bar (Labor) were expected to present the controversial bill for Knesset discussion, Ynet reported, but it is unclear when they will do so.

Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/mks-propose-law-allowing-jews-to-pray-at-temple-mount/


Ministry looking to allow Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
Source: Times of Israel, April 30, 2014

Deputy religious affairs minister says he ‘expects’ government to adopt new directives breaking longstanding taboo

The Religious Affairs Ministry is crafting new rules that would allow Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, Deputy Minister Eli Ben Dahan said Tuesday.


“We have drafted regulations that will regulate prayer on the mount,” said Ben Dahan, of the nationalist Jewish Home party. “I expect the prime minister and the government of Israel to adopt and validate these regulations and allow all Jews who desire so to go up to the Temple Mount and pray there,” he told a conference of Liba, an organization that encourages Jews to visit the Temple Mount, via video address.

The regulations would reverse longstanding orders banning Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount. The rules have garnered backlash over the last several months amid a renewed interest in visiting the site by Jewish groups, which has served to stoke heated tensions at the site, holy to both Jews and Muslims.

Non-Muslim visitors seen prostrating or praying silently or openly have faced arrest by police for disturbing the peace.

Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/ministry-looking-to-allow-jewish-prayer-on-temple-mount/